The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Lithuanian Seym [parliament] confirmed the candidacy of Kestutis Kudzmanas to the post of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Trend reports citing the Baltic News Service.
Halina Kobeckaite, Adviser to the Lithuanian President, was proposed to take over this post. Unofficial sources, however, suggest that he may take up the post of Head of the Lithuanian Embassy in Turkey, where he has previously worked for several years.